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NFL 2013 Mock Draft (1st Round)

Look, I really don’t like mock drafts. But since some people have asked if I will do one, and since I entered a contest on NFL.com for one, I might as well share my sure to be failure of a mock. One little change and suddenly you have to make major changes. I tried to match players the teams actually need, but we know everyone has their own drafting methods.

If I get five right I’ll call it a good effort. But that’s the thing with mock drafts. Someone can spend 100 hours and get fewer picks right than the person throwing a list into Excel and doing a random number generator to make their picks.

Kansas City Chiefs – OT Luke Joeckel

Jacksonville Jaguars – DE Dion Jordan

Oakland Raiders – DT Sharrif Floyd

Philadelphia Eagles – DT Star Lotulelei

Detroit Lions – OT Eric Fisher

Cleveland Browns – CB Dee Milliner

Arizona Cardinals – OG Chance Warmack

Buffalo Bills – QB Ryan Nassib

NY Jets – DE Barkevious Mingo

Tennessee Titans – OT D.J. Fluker

San Diego Chargers – OG Jonathan Cooper

Miami Dolphins – DE Ezekiel Ansah

NY Jets – QB E.J. Manuel

Carolina Panthers – OT Lane Johnson

New Orleans Saints – DL Sheldon Richardson

St. Louis Rams – WR Tavon Austin

Pittsburgh Steelers – LB Jarvis Jones

Dallas Cowboys – DL Johnathan Hankins

NY Giants – CB Xavier Rhodes

Chicago Bears – LB Arthur Brown

Cincinnati Bengals – S Kenny Vaccaro

St. Louis Rams – DE Bjoren Werner

Minnesota Vikings – LB Manti Te’o

Indianapolis Colts – DE Damontre Moore

Minnesota Vikings – QB Geno Smith

Green Bay Packers – DL Cornellius Carradine

Houston Texans – WR Cordarrelle Patterson

Denver Broncos – DL Datone Jones

New England Patriots – WR Justin Hunter

Atlanta Falcons – TE Tyler Eifert

San Francisco 49ers – S Eric Reid

Baltimore Ravens – WR Keenan Allen

The beauty of this thing is I don’t care how I do, and I spent more time typing these out than putting it together.

Just let me know when the games start and we see how good these players really are. At least half of them will likely disappoint.

I also would like to further go on record in believing Cordarrelle Patterson is going to be a bust, and Arkansas QB Tyler Wilson will be the best NFL QB in this class.

Mock.

UPDATE (1:00 A.M. Friday morning)

That was worse than expected. The only pick I got right was Jarvis Jones to Pittsburgh. Guess I still know the Steelers at least…

I did match up Tavon Austin to St. Louis and Eric Reid to San Francisco, but at much different numbers.